As anew owner my first bike a 2012 c5 military has been a breeze to ride even with the limitation of trying to break in the engine properly .i took my bike to the shop for first service at 300 milles,told everything fine,60 miles after on a straight country road at 45mph out of nowhere a metallic ticking noise come from top of engine,matching the rpm,i stop on side of the road and check for oil leak ,spillage, level is fine, bike is clean,i let the bike cool down hoping for a magical fix ,on a cool engine start noise is not as bad but get worse as bike warm up ,i call the shop they listen to the noise trough my phone Just to be told to stop the engine and told to tow the bike to the shop i pushed the bike for a good miles to reach my house and get a pickup set up for towing on Tuesday the all week end goes by looking at the bike sitting in garage being all sad and all,sunday afternoon i give a close look at the engine and voila !there is a 2inch long crack on the exaust clamp! Could it be the origin of that noise?
I am on the edge of my seat ! Anybody around here has had any experience like this ?
My bike is not at the shop yet,but i can t stop spinning the fact in my head any idea or opinion are welcome! By the way i Love the forum and the knowledge of most of the blogers .